@Dave: "Folks,
I'm trying to get a handle on timescales here and while I'm aware that there 
has been a delay in processing applications, I'm pretty much in the dark 
apart from that.   I was picked from the EOI pool on Aug 4th but I've not 
heard anything since.
Has anybody been contacted by the NZIS (any branch) if their application has 
been picked from the EOI pool?  If so, when was your application picked from 
the pool and when did they contact you?  Has anybody been offered an ITA, if 
so when?
Dave."
    @member30424: "<quote>
Dave,
I suggest that you look at:
<url>
antprocessingtimes.htm
That should explain all.
You should get a letter saying you have been selected from the pool and
that your application will undergo "preliminary validation". After that,
and one hopes within the time scale outlined in the document above, you
will receive a large pack, sent registered post from the NZIS in London,
with your Invitation to Apply in it.
Hope that helps
Hugh
Posted via <url>"
    @Dave: "<snip>
<quote>
Hugh,
Sorry, I should have said that I already had seen that update.  The initial 
reply letter I received from NZIS was posted *well before* the announcement.
Yup, I received the pack yesterday :-).  I actually phoned the day before 
and the person I spoke to told me to phone again in a few more weeks if I 
still hadn't heard anything.  The parcel *must* have been in the post while 
we were talking as it arrived 10 hours later!  Ah well, at least it turned 
up and that's the main thing.
Cheers.  Good luck with your application, I guess you are a little further 
along the application process to me.
Dave."
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